RE: Bug present in Sid D-i, but not in Squeeze d-i [Re: Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer loops with Segmentation faults]
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 5:41 PM
To: thegame4121982@msn.com
Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug present in Sid D-i, but not in Squeeze d-i [Re: Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer loops with Segmentation faults]
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Norberto Feliberty wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 3:38 AM
> To: 562575@bugs.debian.org
> Cc: thegame4121982@msn.com; debian-boot@lists.debian.org; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Bug present in Sid D-i, but not in Squeeze d-i [Re:
> Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer
> loops with Segmentation faults]
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> At Norberto's suggestion I did a side-by side comparison of the
> PowerPC
> daily buisnesscard installer from the Sid d-i and the Squeeze d-i at
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> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/{squeeze,sid}_d-i/
> arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/
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> This build finished at Mon Feb 15 04:15:05 UTC 2010. (for Sid d-i)
> and
> This build finished at Mon Feb 15 04:17:52 UTC 2010. (for Squeeze)
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> The Sid d-i failed with seg-faults. The Squeeze d-i did *not*.
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> In fact, the squeeze d-i installer completed a normal installation and
> booted just fine.
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> So... What do we do now?
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> Rick
> Rick on what machine did you test on. I tested on my playstation 3
> about 3 or 4 days ago and the installation failed at configuring
> network with installation step failed i tested the daily netboot
> image. Thanks.
>
I used an Apple PowerMac deskside tower G4 machine.
Can you supply the relevant part of the syslog from a failed attempt
on the PS3? More details might help us to figure out what's failing
there. I'm guessing the PS3 has a network interface that needs some
firmware that isn't being supplied. The installer has provision for
such cases (you can put the firmware on a USB stick and load it from
there), but I've never used them. Maybe somebody else on the list
knows more details?
This is not related to bug#562575, so I've taken it off the CC list.
Rick
It used to have the drivers for the ps3 network card and it would install but now it just fails at configuring network. I dont know how to provide extra info from the logs or how to access them. Thanks.
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